The premotor cortex and nonstandard sensorimotor mapping

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 469-482

  Wise, S P ^a   Di Pellegrino, G ^a,b   Boussaoud, D ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioral neurophysiology; Frontal cortex; Premotor cortex; Sensorimotor mapping

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0029764761     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y96-035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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